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Proverbs 22:1-16 [Part 3 of 3]

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::   Words of Wisdom  :: A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,     and favor is better than silver or gold. 2 The rich and the poor meet together;     the Lord is the Maker of them all. 3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself,     but the simple go on and suffer for it. 4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord     is riches and honor and life. 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;     whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. 6 Train up a child in the way he should go;     even when he is old he will not depart from it. 7 The rich rules over the poor,     and the borrower is the slave of the lender. 8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,     and the rod of his fury will fail. 9 Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed,     for he shares his bread with the poor. 10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,     and quarr...

Philippians 2:1-11

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::  Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV)  :: 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee...